Solveig Singleton Imagine your business is under investigation. You spend hours of your time and tens of thousands of dollars answering questions and producing documents for investigators. Months pass before you find out what, if anything, you have done wrong. Meanwhile, your business fails. Poorly justified and destructive investigations of ordinary people’s affairs are unfair and have no place in ...
Conservatives are rallying around a message of ‘revival’ in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, with two commentators telling Fox News Digital that the right’s response to Kirk’s death stands in stark contrast to how the left reacted to the deaths of George Floyd, Michael Brown, and other high-profile cases involving police. ‘After Charlie’s assassination, we didn’t see violence. We ...
You pick up the phone and hear a stern voice claiming you owe money. Maybe it’s for a credit card you don’t recognize, a loan you never took out or some old bill you thought was long gone. Panic sets in, especially if the caller threatens arrest, wage garnishment or lawsuits. Unfortunately, this scenario is becoming all too common. Scammers ...
While Israel’s war in Gaza and Russia’s war in Ukraine are dominating headlines at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), quiet but urgent concerns about North Korea and its nuclear program are being discussed behind closed doors. It’s an issue that is being ‘continuously brought up,’ according to a senior State Department official. It was a particular concern in Secretary ...
A federal judge rejected former FBI agent Peter Strzok’s claims that his termination from the federal law enforcement agency ran afoul of the U.S. Constitution. Strzok was fired during President Donald Trump’s first term. He sent anti-Trump text messages while leading the Crossfire Hurricane investigation into Trump’s campaign and Russia. ‘At this point, only two issues remain to be resolved: ...
David Inserra Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, comedian Jimmy Kimmel offered some remarks about the killing, the assassin, and the way the right was responding. The next day, he was suspended from his job on late-night television after facing significant blowback, including from government officials. Four days later, Kimmel returned to his show. But the danger to speech has not ...
Matthew Cavedon We can do better than either ending bail reform or proceeding with it unthinkingly. The horrific stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on Charlotte public transportation has ignited a firestorm about bail. Her killer, Decarlos Brown, appears to suffer from serious mental illness and has a long history of arrests, including for violent offenses. President Trump cited Ms. ...
Motorists face the prospect of being charged for every mile they drive under radical plans to plug Britain’s black hole in public finances. The Resolution Foundation — a think tank with close links to Labour — has urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to overhaul motoring taxes, warning that fuel duty revenues are collapsing as drivers switch to electric vehicles. Its proposal ...
When President Donald Trump took the stage at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the teleprompter didn’t work. But no matter — he was about to deliver a series of points he knew well, and one that shattered the typical U.N. script. At times, world leaders shifted uncomfortably in their seats, particularly when he charged that the U.N. had failed ...
Peter Mandelson’s advisory firm has cut off his voting rights and dividend payments after damning emails revealed the extent of his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Global Counsel — the high-powered advisory firm Mandelson co-founded in 2010 — has moved to sell the Labour peer’s 21% stake and reclassified his shares so that he no longer has any influence over company ...